Electric cord support for an ironing board



April 11, 1961 E. GROOCOCK 2,979,296

ELECTRIC CORD SUPPQRT FOR AN IRONING BOARD Filed Dec. 2, 1957 FIG. 2

INVENTOR EDITH GROOCOCK Fl G 3 United States Patent ELEETRKC CORD SUPlORT FOR AN IRDNING BGARD Edith Groocock, 363 Ellis Park, Toronto, Untario, Canada Filed Dec. 2, 1957, Ser. No. 700,002

1 (Ilaim. (Cl. 248-51) This invention relates to ironing boards and in particular to a device for holding the electric cord of an iron away from the ironing board.

The purpose of the invention is to provide an electric cord support for an ironing board that will keep the electric cord from becoming caught under the ironing board and that is retractable beneath the ironing board so that the board may be folded up in the normal manner.

Other objects of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from reading the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings which show a preferred embodiment of the invention and in which like reference characters refer to like parts. in the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the underside of the device attached to an ironing board which is shown in phantom lines;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device and ironing board shown in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of another embodiment of the device, this embodiment being for attachment to perforated ironing boards.

The drawings show an ironing board, generally shown in phantom lines at 10, having an underside 11 to which an ironing cord support, generally shown at 12, is attached. The ironing cord support 12 consists of a bracket 13 and an arm 14.

The bracket 13 consists of a U-shaped channel member having a central web 15 with an L-shaped flange 16 on each of the two opposing sides of the web. Each of the L-shaped flanges 16 has a leg 16a that is approximately perpendicular to the web and a leg 16b that is parallel to the web 16 and that has holes 17 through it. Screws 18 pass through holes 17 and fasten bracket 13 to the underside 11 of the ironing board 10.

The web 15 of the bracket 13 has a central hole 19 through which a bolt 20 passes with its head between the web 15 and the underside 11 of the ironing board 10. The head of the bolt 20 is secured to the web 15 by welding or some other suitable means. The web 15 also has an arcuate guide slot 21 that extends for approximately 180.

The arm 14 has an elongated opening 22 extending longitudinally of the arm for approximately one half of the arms length and is pivotally and slidably mounted on the bracket 13 by the bolt 20 which acts as a pivot member, a washer 23 and a nut 24. The nut 24 may be tightened to retain slidable and rotational movement of the arm 14.

The arm 14 is also mounted on the bracket 13 by a bolt ice head at each end and limit the arcuate movement of the arm 14.

The arm 14 has an end with two prongs 27-and 28, each of which is curved to be approximately semicircular, that form an electric cord retaining aperture in which a cord (not shown) is free to slide. The prongs 2'7 and 28 overlap in a plane parallel to the plane of the web 15 but displaced in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the web so as to form means for removably retaining the cord.

When the ironing cord holder is in use the nut 24 on the bolt 20 is sufficiently loose to permit arcuate travel of the arm 14 which is mounted on the bracket 13 so that the arm 14 may rotate about the pivot 20 as the cord is moved from one side of the ironing board 10 to the other. When it is desired to fold the ironing board, the arm 14 is withdrawn beneath the underside of the board 10 and the nut 24 is tightened so that movement of the arm 14 is restrained. In this position, the ironing cord support 12 is entirely beneath the ironing board and therefore does not form an obstruction when the ironing board is stored.

Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of the invention for use with the type of ironing board that has a sheet metal surface With a multitude of perforations through it. In this embodiment, the leg 16b of the ironing cord holder has an L-shaped aperture 29 through which a bolt can pass, the bolt also passing through a perforation in the ironing board, to fasten the ironing cord holder to the ironing board.

What I claim as my invention is:

An electric cord support for an ironing board, comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to the underside of the ironing board, the bracket comprising a channel shaped member having a central web with an L-shaped flange on each of two opposing sides, each of the L- shaped flanges having one leg generally perpendicular to the central web and another leg parallel to the central web, the legs that are parallel to the central web being 25, which passes through the arcuate guide slot 21 and 55 elongated opening 22 in the arm 14, and a nut 26. The belt 25 and the nut 26 act as a double-ended pin having :1

adapted to be fastened to the underside of the ironing board so that the bracket may be attached to the ironing board, and an arcuate guide slot in the central web, and an arm having an elongated opening, the arm being mounted on the bracket by a pivot member extending through the opening and a pin having a head at each end and passing through the slot and the opening so that the arm is pivotally and slidably mounted on the bracket, the pin and the guide slot limiting arcuate movement of the arm, and adjustable frictional means for restraining the slidable and rotational motion of the arm, the arm having an end that has two prongs that are curved to form an electric cord retaining aperture in which the cord is free to slide, the prongs having ends that overlap in the first plane but are spaced in a plane perpendicular to said first plane so that the cord may be removed from said aperture.

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